In 2009, when TED awarded me its TED prize and the opportunity to make a wish to change the world - -a wish they would help me fulfil l -- I thought of a mirror.

CNN: What if there's somebody else out there?

Cela me ferait de la peine de quitter l'enseignement, dit-il.

UNESCO: Education

But what the L.A. Riots taught me, and taught most clear-headed Angelinos, is that there is no real or imagined injustice that justifies murder, assault, and mayhem, let alone the wanton destruction of property, homes, and businesses.

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"What was important was his private conversations -- you know ... everybody say the l'avvocato told me, l'avvocato suggested me, I met the l'avvocato, I had a call in the early morning from the l'avvocato... to be in touch with him ... to be related to him ... was a state symbol for everybody, " journalist Carlo Rossella told CNN.

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Bradley told me the story of a Hispanic California state senator whose grandfather, an L.A. resident for a half-century, was afraid to leave the house without a passport after former Governor Pete Wilson started dumping on immigrants.

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Chicago Rapper King Louie Went From Selling Mixtapes Out Of His Trunk To A Deal With Epic Records: Rising rapper King L (aka King Louie) talked with me about selling mixtapes on the street, getting a shout-out from Kanye West, and his daughter.

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